WASHINGTON - Sophomore Megan Seidman scored three of her game-high four goals in the first half, but the George Washington women's lacrosse team surrendered 13 second-half goals in a 21-11 loss to Johns Hopkins at Mount Vernon Field Wednesday afternoon.

GW (2-6) trailed 8-6 at halftime, but was outscored by Johns Hopkins (5-3), 13-5, in the second half en route to tying a program-high with 21 goals allowed. The Colonials have lost three straight and are now 0-8 against the Blue Jays since the series began in 2003.

Seidman scored a natural hat trick between the 18:35 and 15:59 marks of the first half to give GW its last lead of the game at 5-4. Hopkins rattled off four unanswered goals to grab an 8-5 advantage before senior Taylor Donohue scored her first of two goals off an assist from sophomore Sarah Phillips with two seconds left in the half to get GW within 8-6 at intermission.

Tewaaraton Award Watch List midfielder Angela Hughes opened the second half with a pair of goals as Hopkins surged to a 10-6 lead, but Seidman rounded out her four-goal effort with a free-position strike with 24:57 remaining to make it 10-7.

The Colonials wouldn't get any closer as the Blue Jays answered Seidman's goal less than 30 seconds later to ignite a 9-2 run that widened the margin to 10 goals, 19-9, with less than five minutes to play.

Rookie Hannah McLaughlin scored her second goal of the afternoon with 3:13 to move within single-digits, but JHU added two more goals for its largest lead at 21-10 with 1:05 left. Sophomore Hilary Quinn twisted and spun her way to an unassisted goal with 27 seconds to play for the final 21-11 tally.

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Donohue finished with three points on two goals and an assist to increase her career point total to 126, seven shy of third all-time at GW. Her 81 career goals are three shy of fifth all-time, while her 45 career assists move her into solo fifth and five shy of third in program history.

Junior Audrey Joy dished out a career-high three assists and Phillips added two helpers. Sophomore Kristina Beese won a game-high five draws and redshirt junior Laura Dominiak recorded four ground balls and two caused turnovers.

Reigning American Lacrosse Conference Offensive Player of the Week Candace Rossi paced Hopkins with three goals and an assist. Colleen McCaffrey matched Rossi's four-points with two goals and two assists, Briana Cronin added two goals and an assist and Hughes, Rachel Ballatori, Brooke Foussadier and Sam Schrum chipped in two goals apiece.

Junior goalkeeper Christine Lovett took her first loss of the season, finishing with nine saves while allowing 13 goals in 44 minutes of action. Junior Liz Hoffman allowed eight goals in the final 16 minutes of action. GW was outshot, 38-22, and struggled with 23 turnovers.

Cosette Larash made seven saves on 22 shots faced to earn the victory for the Blue Jays.

GW completes its non-conference schedule at Ohio State Saturday at 1:00 pm.